August Movie Preview
The Butler, Denzel and 50 keep summer movies sizzling.
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Lee Daniels' The Butler: August 16 - This epic star-studded drama tells the story of a White House butler who served eight American presidents over three decades. Lee Daniels’ The Butler traces how the civil rights movement, Vietnam and changing politics impacted one man’s life and family. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, Mariah Carey, David Oyelowo and Cuba Gooding Jr. are among the A-list cast. (Photo: The Weinstein Company)
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2 Guns: August 2 - Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg team up together with guns a-blazing and lots of laughs in this buddy cop movie. They play a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer on the run together, but neither knows the other is an undercover agent. Paula Patton also stars in the film, based on the Boom! Studios graphic novels by Steven Grant. (Photo: Universal Pictures)
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Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters: August 7 - Brandon T. Jackson and Yvette Nicole Brown star in this film based on the very popular children’s novel series. Here, Percy and his friends embark on an odyssey into the Sea of Monsters (aka the Bermuda Triangle) to find the Golden Fleece. But to do it, they must battle an army of zombies and fight the ultimate Evil. (Photo: Fox 2000 Pictures)
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Disney's Planes: August 9 - What happens when you combine the animation and theme of the very popular Cars movie franchise with an airplane tale? You’d get Disney’s Planes. But with Cedric the Entertainer and Sinbad among the cast, parents and kids will enjoy this trip. (Photo: DISNEY)
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Elysium: August 9 - Matt Damon stars in this futuristic action fantasy about man in 2154 determined to get off the overpopulated and ruined planet Earth and to Elysium, a man-made space station for the wealthy. But he must face off with Elysium’s Secretary (Jodie Foster) to save his life, plus that of millions of people on Earth. (Photo: TriStar Pictures)
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Jug Face: August 9 - This horror/thriller tells the terrifying story of a pregnant teen desperately afraid she may be sacrificed to a mysterious pit that houses a supernatural entity. The catch is the spirit wants her enslaved in exchange for keeping the community evil-free. (photo: Modernciné)
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Lovelace: August 9 - Lovelace tells the dramatic story of the woman behind the X-rated classic Deep Throat. On screen, Linda Lovelace broke ground by starring in the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film and being an unofficial spokesperson for sexual freedom. But off-screen, her marriage to an abusive, controlling hustler told a much darker story. (Photo: Millennium Films)
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints: August 16 - Nate Parker stars in this romance drama about a young outlaw couple on a crime spree. When one takes the fall for the other's crime, they long to be reunited after a long separation. (Photo: IFC Films)
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Kick-Ass 2: August 16 - Morris Chestnut and Donald Faison star in the follow-up to the successful 2010 hit. Masked teen vigilantes are thrown for the ultimate loop when they must face the town’s mean girls. The movie also stars Jim Carrey. (Photo: Universal Pictures)
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The Frozen Ground: August 23 - 50 Cent stars in this gripping drama/thriller about a state trooper (Nicolas Cage) who must enlist the help of a young woman to find a serial killer (John Cusack). Frozen Ground is based on a true story. (Photo: Grindstone Entertainment Group)
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Savannah: August 23 - In the third slave-era themed drama in the last nine months, Savannah is a period movie told from the white man’s point of view. It’s the true story of Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel), who rejects his plantation heritage in favor of life on a river. He brings his long-time friend, a freed slave (Chiwetel Ejiofor), along for the journey. (Photo: Meddin Studios)